In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett #AudiobookReview #Television
I grew up watching #CarolBurnett on television in her long-running and much-syndicated variety show. #InSuchGoodCompany covers the 11 years she was on the air. The #audiobook won a grammy and I now know why #audiobookreview #bookreview #1970stelevision
Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history for eleven glorious seasons?In Such Good Company delves into little-known stories of the guests, sketches and antics that made the show legendary, as well as some favorite tales too good not to relive again. Carol lays it all out for us, from the…
I will continue watching this as future seasons release.
The second Star Trek animated series since The Animated Series and the franchise’s first comedic series, Lower Decks follows the lower-deck crew members of the U.S.S. Cerritos during the Next Generation era as they and the vessel’s crew get into a series of misadventures across the galaxy, with no overreaching plot in initial episodes. However, season two ends with a cliffhanger the following…
A Video Un-Boxing Video? | The Amazing Spider-man (1977)
Super-fan Aaron Sutherland sent us an amazing package about the CBS Amazing Spider-man TV Series. Paul un-boxes the package and shows the very rare content! Apologies for the dodgy presenting!
A teaser trailer for the new M*A*S*H special on Fox was just released! Watch “M*A*S*H: The Comedy that Changed Television” on January 1 at 8pm ET/PT (and on Hulu beginning January 2)!
Award-winning journalist Charles Osgood, who anchored "CBS Sunday Morning" for 22 years and was host of the long-running radio program "The Osgood File," died Tuesday at home in New Jersey. He was 91.
The cause of death was dementia, his family said.
Osgood, a gifted news writer, poet and author, spent 45 years at CBS News before retiring in September 2016. Osgood began anchoring "CBS Sunday Morning" in 1994. During his run on the show it reached its highest ratings levels in three decades, and three times earned the Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Morning Program.
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Often referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, Osgood was called "one of the last great broadcast writers" by Charles Kuralt, whom Osgood succeeded as host of the Sunday morning magazine program in 1994. But he did more than carry on a great American oral tradition; he could also play piano, organ, banjo, violin, and was an accomplished composer and lyricist who could also sing along. He employed his many talents inside and outside CBS, sometimes performing with professional orchestras such as The New York Pops, The Boston Pops and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
"To say there's no one like Charles Osgood is an understatement," said "Sunday Morning" executive producer Rand Morrison. "He embodied the heart and soul of 'Sunday Morning.' His signature bow tie, his poetry … just his presence was special for the audience, and for those of us who worked with him. At the piano, Charlie put our lives to music. Truly, he was one of a kind – in every sense."
Veteran broadcaster Jane Pauley, who succeeded Osgood as host of "Sunday Morning" in 2016, said, "Watching him at work was a masterclass in communicating. I'll still think to myself, 'How would Charlie say it?', trying to capture the elusive warmth and intelligence of his voice and delivery. I expect I'll go on trying. He was one of the best broadcast stylists and one of the last. His style was so natural and unaffected it communicated his authenticity. He connected with people. Watching him on TV, or listening on the radio, as I did for years, was to feel like you knew him, and he knew you. He brought a unique sensibility, curiosity and his trademark whimsy to 'Sunday Morning,' and it endures."
Former CBS Sunday Morning host Charles Osgood passed away at 91.
Black & white TV was just beginning to become popular when CBS put a model of a color television on public view opposite the 42nd St. Library, November 13, 1950. The contraption was a b&w set with an external adapter and a color converter added to it.
Today marks the 41st anniversary of “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” airing on CBS. The record breaking finale closed out the eleven year run of M*A*S*H and brought an end to the Korean War. The final scene of the series with “Goodbye” written out in rocks, a message from B.J. to Hawkeye, with the broken down 4077th in the background has become an iconic image.